Weird But True!

Posted by Parker in DogEared on March 12, 2010
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BOOK NAME: Weird But True! 300 Outrageous Facts
AUTHOR: National Geographic

Weird But True! really goes with its title. For example, the book says there are some ants that can make themselves explode when attacked and melons shaped like pyramids grown in Japan. This book is full of facts that will amaze you, like that bumblebee bats weigh the same as two M&M candies and some fish can actually walk on land. The freakiest fact in the book was that a chicken named Mike lived for 18 months without a head. How is that even possible? The most shocking facts are that some fish can change from female to male and slugs have 3,000 teeth and four noses. (With that many teeth, a trip to the dentist could last all day.)

I really liked this book because it was fun reading all 300 facts and sharing them with my mom, dad and friends. They couldn’t believe most of it. This is a good book to take in the car on a long trip and read out loud. Let me give you one more fact from the book: People report the most UFO sightings when Venus is closest to Earth. I guess we know where all the aliens live now!

Learn how to submit your fact to a future Weird But True book!

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Comments

  1. mimimoo333
    March 12, 2010, 2:51 pm

    i cant wait to read this book! it looks like a lot of fun!

  2. 2whitie
    March 13, 2010, 7:46 pm

    Great review! i heard that one 2 about the UFO sightings. Wierdishly coolish…

  3. Reader 24-7
    March 14, 2010, 9:31 am

    Iread this and the facts in the book were so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -but some of the facts were gross.

  4. luv2read
    March 14, 2010, 3:23 pm

    I think this would fun to read, considering I love reading the Weird But True section in National Geographic Kids magazine!

  5. hotchoclate2019
    March 14, 2010, 10:44 pm

    what is up

  6. hotchoclate2019
    March 14, 2010, 11:29 pm

    wooow

  7. susie
    March 15, 2010, 7:25 pm

    i know this book is awesome! great review

  8. ilovedogs7777777
    March 17, 2010, 8:12 pm

    This book is awsome!My favorite fact is,the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth,arachibutyrophobia.

  9. Katie178082763
    March 18, 2010, 5:00 pm

    I read the whole book and it is AWSOME!!!Can you belive some fish can change from male to female!?

  10. hermione10
    March 20, 2010, 5:14 pm

    AWESOME facts! Ducks can change genders too!

  11. CherylByrel:D
    March 21, 2010, 5:02 am

    COOL!But i wld rather borrow than buy that cuz i rather buy fiction

  12. cowgirlexplorer221
    March 22, 2010, 8:00 pm

    Nice! this sounds really good i should go to the book store and buy it! it sounds great! h and great review you really gave us alot of details!
    ~Danielle~

  13. Hadesgirl11
    March 25, 2010, 4:54 pm

    all you girls should read little woman by louisa may alcott if you havent all ready

  14. Anonymous
    March 26, 2010, 4:57 pm

    Melons shaped like pyramids?Ants that explode? A headless chicken living for 18 months! Violent!

  15. Smiley
    March 26, 2010, 11:23 pm

    Everyone who loves and uses logic all the time should read the series THE 39 CLUES! I like this series because all the books are written by a different author so if you don’t like one, the rest of them won’t necessarily be like that one. If you are interested in reading this series, the first book is called THE MAZE OF BONES.

  16. nemelum
    April 3, 2010, 4:10 pm

    has a lot of fact seems good.luv to look for it at boarders

  17. babyjay
    May 30, 2010, 2:41 pm

    I read this book it is so wierd!! but it is true lol!!!

  18. sg311 a.k.a bookworm
    June 28, 2010, 9:08 am

    does this book have the same facts that were in the magazines or are they different?

  19. Lillypads
    June 28, 2010, 6:50 pm

    I really liked this book because I learned some facts I never knew about like kids blink about five million times a year!

  20. 1cct7
    July 6, 2010, 5:28 am

    I saw an add in a National Geographic Kids magazine an add about how you could put your own fact in it! I didn’t know any facts to put in it though so I didn’t enter although when I saw add I really wanted to read the book itself!

  21. Pinky Caine
    August 15, 2010, 3:09 pm

    I want this book so badly! It looks so cool. I never knew slugs had 3,000 teeth and 4 noses! Oh boy that sure is weird and you guys said it is true so it is weird but true!

  22. nerdlovesbooks
    October 21, 2010, 5:41 pm

    Today was the bookfair and i got weird but true 2. And it was awesome!!!!

  23. abbie4101
    November 26, 2010, 3:37 pm

    wierd but true is one of the reasons I keep buying the megizean!!! I LOVE it best idey ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  24. liefstoneheart
    December 23, 2010, 11:41 pm

    THis book is really funny and fun to read!

  25. astroplorer07
    September 12, 2011, 3:41 pm

    i personally agree with all of our comments on how amazing this book is and will be.

  26. ledinosaure
    December 17, 2011, 7:37 pm

    I JUST LOOOOOVVVVVEEEE WEIRD BUT TRUE!!!! CAN’T WAIT TO READ IT

    -MOXIE ALMA

  27. lovepink83
    February 12, 2012, 9:31 am

    I have a subscription with my brother to the national geographic kids magazine. We just renewed our subscription. I oove reading the weird but true part in the beginning of the book. Also I might buy this book for my brother’s birthday in november. I am also going to download the weird but true app onto my ipod touch 4th generation. cant wait.

    Lovepink83 <3 <3 <3

  28. coolgeogra
    March 3, 2012, 10:49 am

    that book looks awesome

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